Power Projection : Making the Tough Choices

By Major Mark A. Gunzinger, USAF

Book Id: WPLBN0002170795
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Reproduction Date: 10/23/2012

Title:	Power Projection : Making the Tough Choices
Author:	Major Mark A. Gunzinger, USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Airpower
Collections:	Authors Community, Technology
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Publisher:	Air University Press

Member Page:	Air University Press
Citation APA MLA Chicago Mark A. Gunzinger, Usa, B. M. (n.d.). Power Projection : Making the Tough Choices. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
This study concludes airpower will play an increasingly dominant role in future US contingency responses. Power projection is defined as the finite application of military power by national command authority to achieve discrete political ends outside the borders of the United States, its territories, and possessions. Power projection contingencies are characterized as wars and operations short of war, but not conflicts that are global or total in nature. Future contingencies that demand a US response may occur without warning, be time sensitive, and require short duration deployments. Building a strong power projection capability requires a thorough evaluation of the relative efficacy of air, land, and sea power to perform the power projection mission. This evaluation concludes airpower has a great potential to achieve national security objectives decisively in future contingency responses.